Paris, April 14 -- French President Emmanuel Macron has urged his American and Iranian counterparts, President Donald Trump and President Massoud Pezeshkian, to resume the suspended negotiations and clear up any misunderstandings to avoid further escalation while pitching for unconditional reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Macron, while speaking with President Trump and President Pezeshkian on Monday, urged both parties to get back on the table, and resume the "negotiations suspended in Islamabad, the clearing up of misunderstandings, and the avoidance of any further escalation."In a social media post, Macron said he deemed it essential for the ceasefire to also include the matter of the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Lebanon, and...